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COMBINED-CLASP AND BUTTON. No. 276,427. Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

N. PETERS. Phom-Lnna n ner, Washing'om D.c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. KILNER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBINED CLASP AND BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,427, dated April24, 1883. Application filed November 29, 1862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE T. KILNER, of thecity and county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons; and I declare thefollowingto be aspecification thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, which is a side elevation of my invention.

My invention relates to a combined clasp and button composed of a curvedspring-clasp provided with flaring ends leading to the convergingportions or sections ofthe clasp, and having a post and shoe attached toone side, and is'specially useful for buttoning a wristband andfastening thereto a cuff, but may also be used in other portions-0t agarment for similar purposes.

A spring-clasp, A, is bent, as shown in the drawing, with a bow, a, inthe center, and with flaring ends b. It may be covered with or wroughtinto an artistic design. A post, B, is attached to the under side of theclasp A in any suitable manner, and a shoe, 0, is soldered to said post.The shoe and post are inserted through the button-holes of the wristbandin the usual manner, which brings the clasp along the exterior portionof said band. The two overlapping edges of the cuff are inserted withinthe flaring ends b of the clasp A, and are crowded down into and withinsaid clasp, which, by means of its spring-pressure, se-

curely holds the cuff in position. The cuff may be easily removed fromthe clasp, when desired, by withdrawing it from the spring.

This combined clasp and button, with aslight modification of the form ofthe spring, but essentially the same in principle and operation, may beadapted to secure a collar to a. neckband, or hosiery to drawers, andmay be used wherever else it may be desired to hold two garmentstogether which are notsubjected to strain.

I am aware that a. necktie-fastener has been heretofore used consistingof a wire hook attached to or formed with a button; and also that adetachable clasp-hook for shirt-collars has been formed consisting of asingle piece having a hook part, a middle clasp part, and a back partterminating in an eye or plate. These, however, have not been capable ofexerting a clasping pressure, but were rather employed as hooks forconnecting and supporting parts of garments.

I therefore claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secureby Letters Pat en t-- A combined clasp and button, composed of thespring-clasp A, curved as shown, and provided with flaring ends b b,leading to converging sections of the clasp, and a post, B, and shoe 0,attached to one side of said clasp, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

GEORGE T. KILNER.

